🌱 Gardening Heroine

Stories featuring a protagonist whose passion for gardening defines her character, grounding her strength and resilience in the living world she cultivates.

Carrots Love Tomatoes

by Louise Riotte • 1975

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

4.04

3k+

🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control 🪱 Soil Health 📐 Garden Planning

Carrots Love Tomatoes 89%

Every plant has allies and enemies. The pairings that build a thriving garden without chemicals.

by Louise Riotte 1975

4.04

3k+ ratings

🌱 Companion Planting 🍂 Organic Gardening 🐞 Natural Pest Control 🪱 Soil Health 📐 Garden Planning

Urban Gardening

by Will Cook • 2012

Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.

3.49

180

🏙️ Urban Gardening 🪴 Container Gardening 📏 Small Space Growing 🌻 Beginner Gardening 🌱 Seed Starting

Urban Gardening 89%

Your apartment can feed you. The guide to growing food in containers, from windowsill to rooftop.

by Will Cook 2012

3.49

180 ratings

🏙️ Urban Gardening 🪴 Container Gardening 📏 Small Space Growing 🌻 Beginner Gardening 🌱 Seed Starting

Gardening for a Lifetime

by Sydney Eddison • 2010

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

3.76

274

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening 🌳 Woodland Gardening 🪣 Container Gardening

Gardening for a Lifetime 88%

Your body is aging; your garden shouldn't retire. The low-impact shifts that keep you growing.

by Sydney Eddison 2010

3.76

274 ratings

👵 Aging Gardeners 🌱 Low-Maintenance Gardens 🌑 Shade Gardening 🌳 Woodland Gardening 🪣 Container Gardening

Backyard Winter Gardening

by Caleb Warnock • 2013

Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.

3.83

186

🥬 Winter Gardening 🪟 Cold Frame Gardening 🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency ⚙️ Low-Tech Gardening 🐞 Organic Pest Control

Backyard Winter Gardening 88%

Grow salads in January without a heated greenhouse. The low-tech method that fed Paris in winter.

by Caleb Warnock 2013

3.83

186 ratings

🥬 Winter Gardening 🪟 Cold Frame Gardening 🏡 Food Self-Sufficiency ⚙️ Low-Tech Gardening 🐞 Organic Pest Control

The Backyard Parables

by Margaret Roach • 2013

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

3.65

436

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧘 Mindful Practice 🐝 Ecological Gardening

The Backyard Parables 88%

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

by Margaret Roach 2013

3.65

436 ratings

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧘 Mindful Practice 🐝 Ecological Gardening

The Self-Sufficiency Garden

by Huw Richards • 2024

365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.

4.28

323

🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📅 Year-Round Gardening 🏡 Small Space Gardening ⬆️ Vertical Gardening

The Self-Sufficiency Garden 88%

365 kilos of food from your backyard: the design, the compost, and the month-by-month plan.

by Huw Richards 2024

4.28

323 ratings

🌱 Self-Sufficiency 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📅 Year-Round Gardening 🏡 Small Space Gardening ⬆️ Vertical Gardening

Teaming with Nutrients

by Jeff Lowenfels • 2013

Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.

4.30

399

🌿 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Science 🔬 Plant Biology 🌱 Plant Nutrition 🕸️ Soil Food Web

Teaming with Nutrients 87%

Plants eat through physics, chemistry, and fungi. Feed the biology, not just the soil.

by Jeff Lowenfels 2013

4.30

399 ratings

🌿 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Science 🔬 Plant Biology 🌱 Plant Nutrition 🕸️ Soil Food Web

The Practical Permaculture Project

by Sophie McKay • 2022

Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.

4.29

138

🌀 Permaculture 🥕 Organic Gardening 🌱 Soil Health 💧 Water Management 🌻 Companion Planting

The Practical Permaculture Project Summary

The Practical Permaculture Project 87%

Feed your family from a backyard that waters itself, builds soil, and heals the land.

by Sophie McKay 2022

4.29

138 ratings

🌀 Permaculture 🥕 Organic Gardening 🌱 Soil Health 💧 Water Management 🌻 Companion Planting

All New Square Foot Gardening

by Mel Bartholomew • 1981

A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.

4.16

9k+

🏡 Small Space Gardening 🪴 Raised Bed Gardening 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📐 Intensive Planting 🌿 Vertical Gardening

All New Square Foot Gardening 87%

A grid-based method that uses 80% less space and 90% less water, and yields more food.

by Mel Bartholomew 1981

4.16

9k+ ratings

🏡 Small Space Gardening 🪴 Raised Bed Gardening 🥕 Vegetable Gardening 📐 Intensive Planting 🌿 Vertical Gardening

Creating a Forest Garden

by Martin Crawford • 2010

A garden that works like a forest: seven edible layers, self-building soil, zero tillage.

4.44

433

🌳 Forest Gardening 🔄 Permaculture 🌱 Perennial Food Systems 🧩 Polyculture Design 🪱 Soil Ecology

Creating a Forest Garden 87%

A garden that works like a forest: seven edible layers, self-building soil, zero tillage.

by Martin Crawford 2010

4.44

433 ratings

🌳 Forest Gardening 🔄 Permaculture 🌱 Perennial Food Systems 🧩 Polyculture Design 🪱 Soil Ecology

Growing Marijuana Box Set

by Alfonso Garcia • 2021

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

1.00

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics 🌱 Grow Your Own 💊 Cannabis Medicine

Growing Marijuana Box Set 87%

From first seed to cured harvest: grow marijuana indoors or out, beginner or advanced.

by Alfonso Garcia 2021

1.00

1 ratings

🪴 Marijuana Cultivation 🏠 Indoor Gardening 💧 Hydroponics 🌱 Grow Your Own 💊 Cannabis Medicine

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt

by Chelsea Iversen • 2024

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

3.56

3k+

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage 💍 Gaslighting Husband 🏚️ Asylum Threat

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt Summary

The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt 87%

Her garden feels her moods, but a missing father brings an inspector who sees only madness.

by Chelsea Iversen 2024

3.56

3k+ ratings

🪴 Sentient Garden 🕯️ Victorian Gothic 🔥 Female Rage 💍 Gaslighting Husband 🏚️ Asylum Threat

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies

by Nicole Apelian • 2021

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

4.58

827

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations 🍄 Foraging 📜 Folk Medicine

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies Summary

The Lost Book of Herbal Remedies 87%

Your backyard is a pharmacy. Identify, harvest, and prepare the plants that treat almost anything.

by Nicole Apelian 2021

4.58

827 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔍 Plant Identification 🧪 Herbal Preparations 🍄 Foraging 📜 Folk Medicine

The New Organic Grower

by Eliot Coleman • 1989

How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.

4.41

1k+

🍃 Organic Farming 🥬 Market Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 🌡️ Season Extension 🚜 Small-Scale Farming

The New Organic Grower 87%

How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.

by Eliot Coleman 1989

4.41

1k+ ratings

🍃 Organic Farming 🥬 Market Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 🌡️ Season Extension 🚜 Small-Scale Farming

The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture

by Christopher Shein • 2013

Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.

3.84

493

🌎 Permaculture Design 🌳 Food Forests 🪱 Soil Building 🌱 Seed Saving 🏡 Garden Design

The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture Summary

The Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Permaculture 87%

Your garden as a forest: the permaculture design that feeds you while it rebuilds itself.

by Christopher Shein 2013

3.84

493 ratings

🌎 Permaculture Design 🌳 Food Forests 🪱 Soil Building 🌱 Seed Saving 🏡 Garden Design

The One-Straw Revolution

by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975

A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.

4.33

9k+

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture ☮️ Zen Philosophy 🧱 Soil Health 🎯 Minimalism 🚫 Anti Consumerism

The One-Straw Revolution 86%

A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.

by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975

4.33

9k+ ratings

🌱 Sustainable Agriculture ☮️ Zen Philosophy 🧱 Soil Health 🎯 Minimalism 🚫 Anti Consumerism

The Permaculture Garden

by Graham Bell • 1994

A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.

3.88

103

🌀 Permaculture 🌳 Forest Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 💧 Water Conservation 🥬 Perennial Vegetables

The Permaculture Garden 86%

A garden that hardly needs you: design it like a forest once, harvest for decades.

by Graham Bell 1994

3.88

103 ratings

🌀 Permaculture 🌳 Forest Gardening 🪱 Soil Health 💧 Water Conservation 🥬 Perennial Vegetables

The Girl in the Garden

by Kestra Pingree • 2001

Exiled to a rose farm, a city punk meets a blind boy who sees right through her.

3.26

510

🏙️ City Girl Country Boy 🕶️ Blind Love Interest 🌹 Rose Garden Healing 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

The Girl in the Garden 86%

Exiled to a rose farm, a city punk meets a blind boy who sees right through her.

by Kestra Pingree 2001

3.26

510 ratings

🏙️ City Girl Country Boy 🕶️ Blind Love Interest 🌹 Rose Garden Healing 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🫂 Found Family

The Garden of Small Beginnings

by Abbi Waxman • 2017

A widowed illustrator takes a gardening class and harvests an unexpected second chance at love.

3.92

25k+

🌱 Starting Over After Loss 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Widow Romance 👯 Sister Relationship 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance

The Garden of Small Beginnings 86%

A widowed illustrator takes a gardening class and harvests an unexpected second chance at love.

by Abbi Waxman 2017

3.92

25k+ ratings

🌱 Starting Over After Loss 👩‍👧‍👧 Single Motherhood 💔 Widow Romance 👯 Sister Relationship 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance

Herbal Healing for Women

by Rosemary Gladstar • 1993

Herbal remedies for every stage of a woman's life, from first period through menopause.

4.39

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌸 Women's Health 🍵 Herbal Remedies 🫙 Home Apothecary 📖 Materia Medica

Herbal Healing for Women 86%

Herbal remedies for every stage of a woman's life, from first period through menopause.

by Rosemary Gladstar 1993

4.39

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌸 Women's Health 🍵 Herbal Remedies 🫙 Home Apothecary 📖 Materia Medica

The Someday Garden

by Ashley Poston • 2026

A grieving gardener enters a hidden garden and finds a man caught in an endless sunset.

4.05

5k+

🌸 Magical Realism Romance 🌿 Gardening As Metaphor 🕯️ Grief And Healing ⏳ Nonlinear Romance 🏡 Found Family

The Someday Garden 86%

A grieving gardener enters a hidden garden and finds a man caught in an endless sunset.

by Ashley Poston 2026

4.05

5k+ ratings

🌸 Magical Realism Romance 🌿 Gardening As Metaphor 🕯️ Grief And Healing ⏳ Nonlinear Romance 🏡 Found Family

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett • 1911

A sour orphan, a locked garden, a sickly cousin: three things a Yorkshire manor keeps hidden.

4.17

1.3M+

👧 Orphaned Protagonist 🪴 Hidden Garden 🌿 Nature Heals 🌧️ Yorkshire Moor 🤒 Sickly Child

The Secret Garden 86%

A sour orphan, a locked garden, a sickly cousin: three things a Yorkshire manor keeps hidden.

by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1911

4.17

1.3M+ ratings

👧 Orphaned Protagonist 🪴 Hidden Garden 🌿 Nature Heals 🌧️ Yorkshire Moor 🤒 Sickly Child

Gardening When It Counts

by Steve Solomon • 2006

Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.

4.05

982

🔨 Subsistence Gardening 🌱 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Fertility 🌾 Seed Saving 💧 Water Conservation

Gardening When It Counts 86%

Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.

by Steve Solomon 2006

4.05

982 ratings

🔨 Subsistence Gardening 🌱 Organic Gardening 🧪 Soil Fertility 🌾 Seed Saving 💧 Water Conservation

Healing Herbal Teas

by Sarah Farr • 2016

What an herb tastes reveals what it heals. A formula for blending personalized medicinal teas.

4.27

366

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🍵 Tea Blending 🍂 Seasonal Living 🌱 Modern Herbalism 🧘 Mindful Rituals

Healing Herbal Teas 86%

What an herb tastes reveals what it heals. A formula for blending personalized medicinal teas.

by Sarah Farr 2016

4.27

366 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🍵 Tea Blending 🍂 Seasonal Living 🌱 Modern Herbalism 🧘 Mindful Rituals

The Enchanted Greenhouse

by Sarah Beth Durst • 2025

Punished by magic, a librarian wakes on an island where dying greenhouses need her forbidden gift.

4.10

53k+

💕 Cozy Romantasy 🌿 Plant Magic 🔄 Second-Chance Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

The Enchanted Greenhouse 86%

Punished by magic, a librarian wakes on an island where dying greenhouses need her forbidden gift.

by Sarah Beth Durst 2025

4.10

53k+ ratings

💕 Cozy Romantasy 🌿 Plant Magic 🔄 Second-Chance Fantasy ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🏠 Found Family

A Year of Living Simply

by Kate Humble • 2024

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

3.71

2k+

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

A Year of Living Simply 86%

Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.

by Kate Humble 2024

3.71

2k+ ratings

🌻 Simple Living 🌿 Nature Connection 🛠 Repair And Reuse 🤝 Community Building 🌱 Home Gardening

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

by Carol Wall • 2014

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

3.67

3k+

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening 86%

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

by Carol Wall 2014

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Travis

by Mia Sheridan • 2021

A reformed troublemaker falls for a plant rescuer in a town that remembers his every mistake.

3.86

45k+

💕 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Reformed Playboy 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 😢 Angsty Romance

Travis 86%

A reformed troublemaker falls for a plant rescuer in a town that remembers his every mistake.

by Mia Sheridan 2021

3.86

45k+ ratings

💕 Friends To Lovers 🔄 Reformed Playboy 🏠 Found Family 🔍 Small Town Secrets 😢 Angsty Romance

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies

by Anne Kennedy • 2017

150 kitchen-ready recipes that swap pills for plants: the beginner's roadmap to a home apothecary.

4.25

278

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌱 Medicinal Plants 📖 Herbal Recipes 🍳 Kitchen Medicine 🧪 Home Apothecary

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies Summary

Herbal Medicine Natural Remedies 86%

150 kitchen-ready recipes that swap pills for plants: the beginner's roadmap to a home apothecary.

by Anne Kennedy 2017

4.25

278 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🌱 Medicinal Plants 📖 Herbal Recipes 🍳 Kitchen Medicine 🧪 Home Apothecary

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory

by Thomas Easley • 2016

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

4.54

998

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations ⚗️ Herbal Formulations 🍲 Kitchen Medicine

The Modern Herbal Dispensatory 86%

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy. A field guide to making potent herbal medicines at home.

by Thomas Easley 2016

4.54

998 ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🔬 Herbal Energetics 🧪 Herbal Preparations ⚗️ Herbal Formulations 🍲 Kitchen Medicine

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook

by James Green • 2000

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy: making your own herbal medicine, from harvest to bottle.

4.40

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine ⚗️ Medicine Making 🌾 Wildcrafting ⚡ Herbal Energetics 👵 Folk Herbalism

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook Summary

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook 86%

Turn your kitchen into a pharmacy: making your own herbal medicine, from harvest to bottle.

by James Green 2000

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine ⚗️ Medicine Making 🌾 Wildcrafting ⚡ Herbal Energetics 👵 Folk Herbalism

Sara Snow's Fresh Living

by Sara Snow • 2009

Toxins in your toothpaste, chemicals in your crib: a room-by-room detox for the whole house.

3.78

130

🏡 Green Home 🧪 Non-Toxic Home 👶 Eco-Friendly Parenting 🌾 Modern Homesteading 🥗 Organic Eating

Sara Snow's Fresh Living 86%

Toxins in your toothpaste, chemicals in your crib: a room-by-room detox for the whole house.

by Sara Snow 2009

3.78

130 ratings

🏡 Green Home 🧪 Non-Toxic Home 👶 Eco-Friendly Parenting 🌾 Modern Homesteading 🥗 Organic Eating

The Heirloom Garden

by Viola Shipman • 2020

A botanist still grieving WWII meets a military family falling apart next door.

4.18

6k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🌸 Gardening Fiction 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎖️ Veteran Ptsd 📜 WWII Home Front

The Heirloom Garden 86%

A botanist still grieving WWII meets a military family falling apart next door.

by Viola Shipman 2020

4.18

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🌸 Gardening Fiction 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎖️ Veteran Ptsd 📜 WWII Home Front

Anibal

by Anne Bragance • 1991

A French boy resents his adopted Peruvian brother, until saving him means destroying his garden.

3.45

109

🧳 International Adoption 😤 Jealous Siblings 🌿 Garden As Refuge 🌊 French Riviera 💕 Found Family

Anibal 86%

A French boy resents his adopted Peruvian brother, until saving him means destroying his garden.

by Anne Bragance 1991

3.45

109 ratings

🧳 International Adoption 😤 Jealous Siblings 🌿 Garden As Refuge 🌊 French Riviera 💕 Found Family

The Wallflower Wager

by Tessa Dare • 2019

Ordered to rehome her animals or leave London, she makes a deal with the ruthless neighbor.

3.96

35k+

🎩 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 💞 Opposites Attract 💔 Wounded Heroine 👔 Self-Made Hero

The Wallflower Wager 85%

Ordered to rehome her animals or leave London, she makes a deal with the ruthless neighbor.

by Tessa Dare 2019

3.96

35k+ ratings

🎩 Regency Romance 🌸 Wallflower Heroine 💞 Opposites Attract 💔 Wounded Heroine 👔 Self-Made Hero

Healing Herbs and Spices

by Lee Anne Dobbins • 2012

Your spice rack's secret health powers: what each herb heals, with recipes for every one.

3.60

205

🪴 Herbal Remedies 🥗 Food As Medicine 📖 Herb Profiles 🍵 Kitchen Medicine 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Healing Herbs and Spices 85%

Your spice rack's secret health powers: what each herb heals, with recipes for every one.

by Lee Anne Dobbins 2012

3.60

205 ratings

🪴 Herbal Remedies 🥗 Food As Medicine 📖 Herb Profiles 🍵 Kitchen Medicine 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Ravished

by Amanda Quick • 1992

To save her fossil caves from thieves, a spinster must trust the scarred viscount everyone fears.

4.02

22k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🖤 Scarred Hero 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 📚 Bluestocking Heroine 💬 Ruined Reputation

Ravished 85%

To save her fossil caves from thieves, a spinster must trust the scarred viscount everyone fears.

by Amanda Quick 1992

4.02

22k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast 🖤 Scarred Hero 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 📚 Bluestocking Heroine 💬 Ruined Reputation

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake

by Sarah MacLean • 2010

When a spinster asks a notorious rake for a kiss, he counters with a scandalous bargain.

4.07

61k+

🦋 Spinster Heroine 😈 Rake Hero 🤝 Bargain Arrangement 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake Summary

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake 85%

When a spinster asks a notorious rake for a kiss, he counters with a scandalous bargain.

by Sarah MacLean 2010

4.07

61k+ ratings

🦋 Spinster Heroine 😈 Rake Hero 🤝 Bargain Arrangement 🔥 Slow Burn 💬 Witty Banter

A Garden of Marvels

by Ruth Kassinger • 2014

Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.

3.85

466

A Garden of Marvels 85%

Sex in flowers, air-eating leaves, allied roots: botany's strangest truths took centuries to accept.

by Ruth Kassinger 2014

3.85

466 ratings

The Herbalist's Way

by Nancy Phillips • 2005

Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.

4.37

183

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Plant Spirituality 🌀 Holistic Healing 🍄 Wildcrafting 🌍 Sustainable Living

The Herbalist's Way 85%

Become a community herbalist: befriend the plants, craft the medicine, and heal yourself first.

by Nancy Phillips 2005

4.37

183 ratings

🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Plant Spirituality 🌀 Holistic Healing 🍄 Wildcrafting 🌍 Sustainable Living

Sowing Seeds in the Desert

by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012

Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.

4.34

724

🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture 🌳 Permaculture Philosophy 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture 🧘 Nature Spirituality

Sowing Seeds in the Desert 85%

Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.

by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012

4.34

724 ratings

🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture 🌳 Permaculture Philosophy 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture 🧘 Nature Spirituality

Around the World in 80 Plants

by Jonathan Drori • 2021

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

4.40

1k+

🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey ⛵ Plants And Empire 💊 Medicinal Plants

Around the World in 80 Plants 85%

How a cactus, a purple dye, and a lethal bean rewrote history: 80 plants, 80 stories.

by Jonathan Drori 2021

4.40

1k+ ratings

🌿 Ethnobotany 👽 Plant Curiosities 🌍 Global Journey ⛵ Plants And Empire 💊 Medicinal Plants

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine

by Andrew Chevallier • 2000

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

4.53

1k+

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies 🫖 Herbal Preparations 🌍 Global Traditions

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine 85%

550 herbs and the chemistry that makes them heal, with recipes for a safe home pharmacy.

by Andrew Chevallier 2000

4.53

1k+ ratings

🌿 Herbal Medicine 🪴 Medicinal Plants 🏡 Home Remedies 🫖 Herbal Preparations 🌍 Global Traditions

The Change

by Kirsten Miller • 2022

Midlife gifts three women powers they never asked for, and the dead girls who need them.

4.09

64k+

🗡️ Feminist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Garden Witchery 👻 Speaking To The Dead ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

The Change 85%

Midlife gifts three women powers they never asked for, and the dead girls who need them.

by Kirsten Miller 2022

4.09

64k+ ratings

🗡️ Feminist Thriller 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Garden Witchery 👻 Speaking To The Dead ⚖️ Vigilante Justice

Stay A Little Longer

by Kait Nolan • 2019

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

4.32

1k+

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 💞 Second Chance At Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

Stay A Little Longer 85%

A chef's viral meltdown sends her home to Tennessee and the farmer running her family's farm.

by Kait Nolan 2019

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Romance 👩‍🍳 Chef Heroine 🥕 Farm To Table 💞 Second Chance At Love 👨‍👩‍👧 Chosen Family

Princess Academy

by Shannon Hale • 2005

Competing to be a prince's bride, Miri uncovers the mountain stone's telepathic voice.

4.04

123k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Royal Bride Selection 🌱 Underdog Heroine ☕ Cozy Fantasy ⛰️ Mountain Village

Princess Academy 85%

Competing to be a prince's bride, Miri uncovers the mountain stone's telepathic voice.

by Shannon Hale 2005

4.04

123k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Royal Bride Selection 🌱 Underdog Heroine ☕ Cozy Fantasy ⛰️ Mountain Village

A Duke to Die for

by Amelia Grey • 2009

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

3.39

1k+

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 💬 Witty Banter 😤 Jealous Hero 💪 Capable Heroine

A Duke to Die for 85%

A duke inherits a cursed heiress. Falling in love may be the accident that kills him.

by Amelia Grey 2009

3.39

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Guardian And Ward 💃 London Season 💬 Witty Banter 😤 Jealous Hero 💪 Capable Heroine

A Woman's Guide to Cannabis

by Nikki Furrer • 2018

Beyond the high: how cannabis eases pain, improves sleep, and fits into a woman's wellness routine.

4.07

1k+

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